Eyal Press
@epress.bsky.social
Contributing writer at The New Yorker, Puffin fellow at Type Media Center, author (Dirty Work, Beautiful Souls), long-suffering Bills fan.
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This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
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This was BEFORE he caved... Hard to win elections when you voters despise your leader.
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
This was BEFORE he caved... Hard to win elections when you voters despise your leader.
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Our grotesque split-screen:
starving the poor / gorging the ultrarich
"With little public scrutiny, the Trump administration is handing out hundreds of billions of dollars to giant private-equity firms, crypto companies, foreign real-estate investors, and a variety of multinational corporations."
starving the poor / gorging the ultrarich
"With little public scrutiny, the Trump administration is handing out hundreds of billions of dollars to giant private-equity firms, crypto companies, foreign real-estate investors, and a variety of multinational corporations."
November 8, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Our grotesque split-screen:
starving the poor / gorging the ultrarich
"With little public scrutiny, the Trump administration is handing out hundreds of billions of dollars to giant private-equity firms, crypto companies, foreign real-estate investors, and a variety of multinational corporations."
starving the poor / gorging the ultrarich
"With little public scrutiny, the Trump administration is handing out hundreds of billions of dollars to giant private-equity firms, crypto companies, foreign real-estate investors, and a variety of multinational corporations."
“Loyalty to Trump has helped the president elude political consequences for felony convictions…Now many of his supporters have extended similar grace during a government shutdown that is emptying the pantries and refrigerators of the most vulnerable Americans.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
In MAGA stronghold, fury over SNAP but little blame for Trump in shutdown
People who use SNAP in Mike Johnson’s congressional district wonder why his power hasn’t protected them, but many lay the blame on Washington’s dysfunction.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
“Loyalty to Trump has helped the president elude political consequences for felony convictions…Now many of his supporters have extended similar grace during a government shutdown that is emptying the pantries and refrigerators of the most vulnerable Americans.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Every article about Elon Musk’s trillion-dollar pay package should highlight his other major accomplishment this year — destroying USAID, which has led to 600,000 deaths thus far, more than half of them children. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Every article about Elon Musk’s trillion-dollar pay package should highlight his other major accomplishment this year — destroying USAID, which has led to 600,000 deaths thus far, more than half of them children. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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#BREAKING: Senate Republicans nixed an attempt by Democrats to fully fund Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits after those monies dried up over the weekend amid the government shutdown.
thehill.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:11 AM
#BREAKING: Senate Republicans nixed an attempt by Democrats to fully fund Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits after those monies dried up over the weekend amid the government shutdown.
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Hold on let me prepare a frivolous $1 billion lawsuit
Only about a third of the Trump interview aired on "60 Minutes." CBS has published the transcript of the complete interview here —> www.cbsnews.com/news/read-fu...
Read the full transcript of Norah O'Donnell's interview with President Trump here.
Read the full transcript of Norah O'Donnell's interview with President Trump here.
www.cbsnews.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Hold on let me prepare a frivolous $1 billion lawsuit
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“All I see right now is wreckage and short-term gain at the expense of long-term health.”
The destruction of CDC.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/h...
The destruction of CDC.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/h...
Behind the Dismantling of the C.D.C.: Reform or ‘Humiliation’?
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
“All I see right now is wreckage and short-term gain at the expense of long-term health.”
The destruction of CDC.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/h...
The destruction of CDC.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/h...
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Gotta log off for a while after this one. Just too much.
I'm shaking almost too hard to type. I entered SLC airport and heard screams and cries for help. I could see people gathered around, watching. I sped over to discover this woman face down on the floor, four grown men pushing her down, while she cried "HELP ME" and pled for her child.
October 30, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Gotta log off for a while after this one. Just too much.
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A good, heartbreaking piece from @epress.bsky.social on the human cost of Trump's gutting of civil rights enforcement at the Department of Education: www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
When the Government Stops Defending Civil Rights
The Department of Education’s abandonment of traditional civil-rights litigation has effectively transported parents back in time, to the era before the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
www.newyorker.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:50 PM
A good, heartbreaking piece from @epress.bsky.social on the human cost of Trump's gutting of civil rights enforcement at the Department of Education: www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
The administration’s fixation on DEI programs has been exhaustively covered. Its abandonment of civil rights law enforcement — which has effectively transported parents and students back in time, to the era before the 1964 Civil Rights Act — has not been. My piece: www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
When the Government Stops Defending Civil Rights
The Department of Education’s abandonment of traditional civil-rights litigation has effectively transported parents back in time, to the era before the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
www.newyorker.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The administration’s fixation on DEI programs has been exhaustively covered. Its abandonment of civil rights law enforcement — which has effectively transported parents and students back in time, to the era before the 1964 Civil Rights Act — has not been. My piece: www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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To be clear:
LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.
The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.
This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.
LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.
The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.
This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.
Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids
Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.
abcnews.go.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:54 AM
To be clear:
LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.
The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.
This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.
LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.
The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.
This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.
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But Trump gets a ballroom and Argentina gets a $40 billion bailout
BREAKING—40 million set to lose food aid next week after Trump USDA says it refuses use emergency funds for food stamps. www.axios.com/2025/10/24/g...
Exclusive: USDA says it won't use emergency funds for food stamps
States also won't be reimbursed if they cover SNAP expenses on their own, the memo says.
www.axios.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
But Trump gets a ballroom and Argentina gets a $40 billion bailout
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The peace president who would keep us out of foreign wars!
BREAKING: Hegseth says U.S. is sending an aircraft carrier to Latin America in major escalation of military buildup in the region.
Another US strike in Caribbean targets alleged drug-running boat, killing 6, Hegseth says
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says another U.S. strike in the Caribbean targeted an alleged drug-running boat operated by the Tren de Aragua gang, killing six people.
bit.ly
October 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The peace president who would keep us out of foreign wars!
Shocking that Trump’s favorite ‘chainsaw capitalist’ is not complaining about the $20 billion bailout Argentina is getting & that the billionaires who stand to benefit are also not displeased. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/o...
Opinion | Trump Revives Foreign Aid, Helping Needy Billionaires
www.nytimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Shocking that Trump’s favorite ‘chainsaw capitalist’ is not complaining about the $20 billion bailout Argentina is getting & that the billionaires who stand to benefit are also not displeased. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/o...
This both-sides’ing would not be applied to any other country carrying out such a lawless campaign.
October 22, 2025 at 8:40 PM
This both-sides’ing would not be applied to any other country carrying out such a lawless campaign.
“The group chat members spoke freely about… the love of Nazis within their party’s right wing.”
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
“The group chat members spoke freely about… the love of Nazis within their party’s right wing.”
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Proud of my alma mater today. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
Brown University Rejects White House Deal for Special Treatment
www.nytimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Proud of my alma mater today. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
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As a subscriber to @nybooks.com for more than a decade, it was pretty surreal to open the mail this morning and see this review of There Is No Place for Us in print.
October 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
As a subscriber to @nybooks.com for more than a decade, it was pretty surreal to open the mail this morning and see this review of There Is No Place for Us in print.
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“Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar”
Never forget or forgive that Trump, Rubio, & Musk *chose* to inflict this monumental level of death and suffering on the poorest & most vulnerable people.
Never forget or forgive that Trump, Rubio, & Musk *chose* to inflict this monumental level of death and suffering on the poorest & most vulnerable people.
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
apnews.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:08 PM
“Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar”
Never forget or forgive that Trump, Rubio, & Musk *chose* to inflict this monumental level of death and suffering on the poorest & most vulnerable people.
Never forget or forgive that Trump, Rubio, & Musk *chose* to inflict this monumental level of death and suffering on the poorest & most vulnerable people.
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"Bucking tradition" is wearing white after labor day, this MFer is shredding the Constitution and tearing the Union apart.
President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.
Trump's power to deploy National Guard, explained
President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.
n.pr
October 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"Bucking tradition" is wearing white after labor day, this MFer is shredding the Constitution and tearing the Union apart.
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pete hegseth, who you will recall has been accused of domestic abuse and sexual assault, has announced a new policy by which you cannot file anonymous complaints of mistreatment. sex criminal solidarity.
September 30, 2025 at 12:55 PM
pete hegseth, who you will recall has been accused of domestic abuse and sexual assault, has announced a new policy by which you cannot file anonymous complaints of mistreatment. sex criminal solidarity.
How soon before reports on poverty and unemployment are also phased out? apnews.com/article/trum...
After cuts to food stamps, Trump administration ends government's annual report on hunger in America
The Trump administration is ending the federal government’s annual report on hunger in America, saying it had become “overly politicized″ and ”rife with inaccuracies.″ The decision comes two and a hal...
apnews.com
September 21, 2025 at 1:17 AM
How soon before reports on poverty and unemployment are also phased out? apnews.com/article/trum...
“In the Fort Worth area… people post on Facebook asking for babysitters who had not had the Covid vaccine. Other new mothers commonly seek breast milk donations from women who were not vaccinated.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/u...
In Texas, Parents Fighting Vaccinations Say Their Movement Is Winning
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
“In the Fort Worth area… people post on Facebook asking for babysitters who had not had the Covid vaccine. Other new mothers commonly seek breast milk donations from women who were not vaccinated.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/u...